Composition: The Star-Spangled Banner (Smith, John Stafford)
| Title | The Star-Spangled Banner |
| Alternative title | Original title: The Anacreontic Song |
| Creators | John Stafford Smith (composer) and Francis Scott Key (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voices |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1778 |
| First published | 1779 |
| Dedication | To the American People |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | National anthems |
| Language | English |
| Period | Classical |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and orchestra | Robert A. Hudson |
| view | Complete | orchestra | Igor Stravinsky |
| view | Complete | orchestra | Arturo Toscanini |
| view | Complete | military band | John Philip Sousa |
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and strings | Herbert Straus Gardner |
| view | Complete | voice, mixed chorus and piano | Henry L. Tucker |
| view | Complete | voice, mixed chorus and piano | — |
| view | Complete | voice, male chorus and piano | — |
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and piano | Józef Hofmann and Robert A. Hudson |
| view | Complete | mixed chorus and piano | Walter Damrosch |
| view | Complete | mixed chorus | — |
| view | Complete | male chorus and piano | John Hyatt Brewer |
| view | Complete | male chorus | Sean Michael Salamon |
| view | Complete | voice and string quartet | Darius Kay |
| view | Complete | 4 saxophones | Parker Fritz |
| view | Complete | 2 violins, viola and cello | — |
| view | Complete | 2 violins, viola and cello | Alonso del Arte |
| view | Complete | 3 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Complete | 2 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| view | Complete | voice and piano | — |
| view | Complete | piano | Leopold Godowsky |
| view | Complete | piano | Józef Hofmann |
| view | Complete | piano | Jean Manns |
| view | Complete | piano | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| view | Complete | piano | Robert Morrison Stults |
| view | Complete | piano | — |
| view | Complete | keyboard | Benjamin Cooke |
| view | Complete | guitar | Robert Walter Jacobs |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | The Anacreontic Song | — | London: J. Fielding | 1783 | Complete Score · view |
| view | The Anacreontic Song | — | A. Blands | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | The Anacreontic Song | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | The Star-Spangled Banner | — | Carrs Music Store | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and orchestra |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts ( A flat major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for orchestra |
Mercury Music Corporation | 1941 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for orchestra |
Manuscript | 1943 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for military band |
Carl Fischer | — | Incomplete Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and strings |
— | — | Complete Score · view Vocal Score · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, mixed chorus and piano |
Firth | 1861 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, mixed chorus and piano |
Robert A. Hudson | 2015 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, mixed chorus and piano | Oliver Shaw | 1840 | The Whigs of Columbia shall Surely Prevail · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, mixed chorus and piano | Lee & Walker | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, mixed chorus and piano | Emerson Drug Company | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, mixed chorus and piano | Century Music Co. | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice, male chorus and piano | Heath | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and piano |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus and piano |
— | — | Complete Score ( B flat major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus | — | — | Complete Score (Service version) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus | — | — | Chorus Score ( C major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for mixed chorus | — | — | Complete Score ( B flat major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for male chorus and piano |
Schirmer | 1909 | Complete Score · view Color Cover · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for male chorus |
— | — | Complete Score ( C major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and string quartet |
— | — | Complete Score and Parts · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 4 saxophones |
— | — | Complete score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello | — | — | Complete Parts, SATB Chorus score ( A flat major ) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 3 recorders |
— | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 recorders |
— | — | As Sung at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for voice and piano | G. André | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Complete score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Piano score · view Piano score (alternative scan) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Pond | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Piano score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | Piano score with words - one verse · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
M.D. Swisher | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
— | — | "Patriotic March" - Complete score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | — | — | Piano Score with Words (in B) · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for keyboard |
Manuscript | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for guitar |
Walter Jacobs | — | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Arranged for | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | For Mixed Chorus and Strings (Gardner) | Synthesized Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | For 4 Saxophones (Fritz) | Synthesized Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | For 3 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file |
| view | Synthesized | For 2 Recorders (Tennent) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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